Prospect Talent Score

Probability of Success

History

2008-09: Rogalski skated in all 68 games for Sarnia in his second OHL season. He scored 2 goals with 11 assists and was -8 with 40 PMs as the Sting finished fourth in the West Division. In five playoff games he was scoreless and -2 with 4 PMs.

2009-10: Rogalski was the leading scorer among Sarnia defensemen with 6 goals and 23 assists in 66 games. He was a -38 plus/minus as the Sting had the OHL's worst record. Rogalski was ranked 158th amongst North American skaters in Central Scouting's final rankings and was selected by Pittsburgh in the sixth round (152nd overall) of the 2010 NHL Draft. 2010-11: Rogalski played 63 games for Sarnia in his fourth season with the club. He was -14 as the Sting moved up to fourth in the West; though they again missed the OHL playoffs. Rogalski led Sarnia defensemen in scoring with 7 goals and 25 assists.

2010-11: As a fourth year player in the CHL, Rogalski took a great leap in his progress, cutting his plus-minus over half to minus-14 while managing 7 goals and 25 assists in 63 games.

Talent Analysis

Rogalski possesses good size at 6'1 195 pounds, solid skating, strong puck-moving ability, and an above average point shot. He is however plagued by many of the same issues that affect young defensemen. While he plays physically and will battle for a loose puck in the corners, he does not fully utilize his large frame to his advantage. He also needs to generate more offense from his own end through both shooting the puck more and making better decisions distributing it. He is a fast skater, something that is noticeable every time he touches the ice, but needs to be more judicious with his skating.

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With little or no fanfare from any major hockey publication this crusader has left a mark upon the Western Hockey League and his opponents. It’s interesting to note that over the last two seasons he has produced solid numbers and has the respect around the league but because he was not drafted in the first couple rounds he receives no credit from other cicles.
Underestimated and underappreciated seems to be Christians call to arms and it will be very suprising if he is not ranked in the top fifty prospects overall by the middle of next season.

Nominated for two awards this year with first being the Player of the Year in the WHL along with Justin Mapletoft and Defenseman of the Year up against Matt Kinch of the Calgary Hitmen. If Christian wins best Defenseman of the Year he along with fellow future teammate Alexie Semenov will have taken two out three leagues in the Canadian Hockey League in that respect.

If by chance Christian does come away with both awards his stock should rise as dramically as Jani Rita’s did this season after the World Junior Championships.

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Go Big or go home. That was the order
of the day for the Kootenay ICE as the
WHL held their 12th annual Bantam
Draft at the Pengrowth Saddledome in
Calgary this past Thursday. In this years
draft, held for players born in 1986 and
who will be at least one year away from
playing the WHL, there wasn’t the hype
of any one player who would
immediately set the league on fire like a
Jay Bouwmeester or a Steve McCarthy
but rather an even keel of possible talent
spread throughout the early rounds. For
the Kootenay ICE, there was a theme
set throughout the draft, size. There was
a conscious effort to increase the club’s
dimensions and even though these kids
are one or two years away from
attempting to make an impact and still
have those years in which to fill out – the
message was clear – almost to a player,
size was a factor.

Finding themselves picking eighteenth
out of nineteen WHL club’s, Director of
Player Personnel Roy Stasiuk was taken
a little off guard when still waiting at
number eighteen was Jeremy
Schenderling, a highly touted prospect
playing for the Western Canadian
Bantam Champion Langley AAA
Eagles. Consequently, the ICE
immediately made the 6’1″, 170lb
Langley product their first overall pick.
“This might sound like a bit of a cliche,
but we honestly couldn’t believe that our
first round pick, Jeremy Schenderling
from Langley was still available at
number eighteen. We had him rated in
our assessment of the Bantam Draft in
the top three, so we are extremely
pleased at landing a player of Jeremy’s
caliber, Read more»

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The Canucks’ youngsters at forward are a bunch of young stallions, some of which will be put out to stud in trade offers, but others, will shine through, still others, will probably, sadly, never make it to the NHL.

The top Canucks forward prospect is none other than big Russian centre Artem Chubarov. He will be a very good NHL’er, once he can shake that injury bug. He still needs a bit of seasoning at the minor league level. He needs one full season at Manitoba this upcoming year, then in 2002-03, he should start making his big step towards the two-way prowess which originally attracted the Canucks to him. He has been a point-a-game man in the minors, in only a small amount of games, but he has gotten a point per game average. Maybe he can get on a streak in Manitoba next season, and be one of the first Canuck call-ups in 2001-02.

The Canuck prospect with the most offensive talent, is arguably Brandon Reid. Getting him so late in the 2000 Draft has proven to be an outright steal for Burke. He should spend at least one year with Manitoba in the IHL, helping him get acclimated to pro hockey slowly, not rushing his development, and hopefully his offensive talent could carry over. If he was a few inches taller, he would have been a first-rounder in the 2000 Draft. He also played very well for the Canadian squad at the 2000 World Junior Championships, getting a point a game for the Bronze medal-winning Canadians.

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It may seem like one small step for Alexei Semenov of the Sudbury Wolves by moving up from Defensive Defenseman of the year in 1999-2000 and taking the top prize this season but nothing is small when your 6’6″.
A tower of power on defense this season he seems eager to bring on the challenges the next level will bring him. His well rounded play and shear dominance over his opponants in his own zone made the decision by the General Managers of the Ontario Hockey League to give him this award easy.

However the voting was close with the top three vote getters with 54-46-32 points respectivly. The trio was quite impressive considering he beat out Rostislav Klesla whom was drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets 4th overall last year, rounding out the top three was Jon Zion whom plays for the Ottawa 67’s. It may turn out that Alexei a second round pick of Edmonton’s in 1999 may end up being the steal of the draft.

Some of the past winners read like an All Star ballot with Dennis Potvin winning two years in a row back in 71-72 and 72-73. With most receintly the additions of Al MacInnis in 82-83, Chris Pronger in 92-93 and retired Bryan Berard with a double as well in 94-95 and 95-96. If the progression continues he may one day in the distant future be considered on par with some of the names mentioned above.